Workplace Ready: Skills for an AI Driven World

As AI reshapes work across every sector, universities must prepare students not only to use AI tools, but to thrive in jobs transformed by them. This session explores the skills and mindsets students need—such as critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and AI literacy—to remain adaptable, ethical, and effective in an AI-driven workplace. Panelists include: Celia Zolynski, Co-Director, AI Observatory, Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne Aymeric Dieuleveut, Professor, Center for Applied Mathematics, École Polytechnique, Paris Hod Lipson, James and Sally Scapa Professor of Innovation in the Department of Mechanical Engineering; Co-Director, Maker Space Facility; and Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia Engineering Daniel Guetta, Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of Business, Decision, Risk, and Operations Division, Columbia Business School David Romoff, Lecturer in Discipline, Enterprise Risk Management, School of Professional Studies, Columbia University Moderator: Emmanuel Kattan, Director, Columbia Alliance Program These remarks were part of the Reimagining Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI: An AI and Education Forum, held at Columbia University on March 4, 2026. For more information, visit: https://edblogs.columbia.edu/ctl3/abo...